Mirror of xkcd api

Up-to-date mirror of xkcd api, which Supports CORS.

This repository will automatically update with new content everyday.

How to use

to consume comic #x

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/aghontpi/mirror-xkcd-api/main/api/{x}/info.0.json

example: to consume comic #190

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/aghontpi/mirror-xkcd-api/main/api/190/info.0.json

Making request will give the following response

{
  "month": "11",
  "num": 190,
  "link": "",
  "year": "2006",
  "news": "",
  "safe_title": "IPoD",
  "transcript": "[[Character 1 - wearing a black hat - sits at a computer. Character 2 stands behind Character 1]]\nCharacter 1: You see, statisticians communicate using IPoD -- IP over Demographics. For example, the header of the next packet I send will be encoded into the New Jersey death rate.\nCharacter 2: So you're going to hack the census bureau and change the number of reported deaths?\nCharacter 1: Guess again.\nCharacter 1: Hey, have you seen my crossbow?\n{{Alt: For smaller numbers he has to SAVE lives.  The birthrate channel is even more of a mixed bag.}}",
  "alt": "For smaller numbers he has to SAVE lives.  The birthrate channel is even more of a mixed bag.",
  "img": "https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/ipod.png",
  "title": "IPoD",
  "day": "29",
  "mirror_img": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/aghontpi/mirror-xkcd-api/main/api/190/ipod.png"
}

Parse the json and use value of "mirror_img" instead of "img"

'img': 'https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/ipod.png' is the original link,

You should use, "mirror_img": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/aghontpi/mirror-xkcd-api/main/api/190/ipod.png"

to consume latest comic

make a request to

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/aghontpi/mirror-xkcd-api/main/syncState.json

You will get the following json.

{"last_update_content": {"id": "2394"}}

use the id with previous method.